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CVE-2015-8665

21
FAUCET Score

CVE-2015-8665 is an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in LibTIFF 4.0.6, specifically within the tif_getimage.c component, affecting libtiff products. An attacker can trigger a denial of service by crafting a malicious TIFF image with a specially manipulated SamplesPerPixel tag. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.5 (Medium), indicating a local attack vector requiring user interaction, with a high impact on availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
4.0.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:libtiff:libtiff:4.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

5.5MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.86%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
85.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0286 is in the 94th percentile among its peer group of 5,765 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (3)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: libtiff-0:3.9.4-18.el6_8
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: libtiff-0:4.0.3-25.el7_2
View patch
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: libtiff

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2015-8665Low

libtiff: Out-of-bounds read in tif_getimage.c

Dec 24, 2015

References

rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2016-1546.html
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2016-1547.html
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201701-16
debian.org / security/2016/dsa-3467
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2015/12/24/2
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2015/12/24/4
oracle.com / technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html
oracle.com / technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html
oracle.com / technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html
securityfocus.com / bid/79728
securitytracker.com / id/1035508
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2939-1